Ricki was awakened by the early spring sunlight as it hit her eyes for the first time that morning. She winced and sighed, not wanting to open her eyes. She turned onto her other side in an effort to block the sunlight. She felt her achy body and the numb pain in her head as she adjusted her pillow.
She hadnt' had her eyes closed for ten seconds when she felt someone lay their arm over her shoulders and sigh.
Wait a second.... She thought. Someone is in my bed. No one should be in my bed....
She opened her eyes at the same time as Zac. Suddenly both their eyes widened in shock as they stared at each other.
"AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!" She screamed, jumping up and out of the bed.
"AAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!" He yelled back, jumping out on the other side.
"Aaaaah...." She they both gasped, holding their pounding heads.
Ricki glanced down and saw that she didn't have any clothes on. "Oh my god!" She screamed, yanking the sheet off the bed to cover herself.
"Gaaaaah!!!!" He gasped, searching for something to cover himself with. He grabbed Ricki's sweater off the floor and held it in front of him.
"What are you doing in my bed?" She screamed.
"I don't know!" He screamed back.
"Well.....well.......why were you there?" She asked, her breath catching in her throat.
"I don't know!" He said.
She glanced down to see her sweater covering him. "Get that off! I love that sweater!" She said.
Zac grabbed the blanket off Ricki's bed and wrapped it around his waist.
"I had to cover myself!" He said.
"Oh my god...." She muttered, going over to sit down on her bed.
"What happened?" He asked.
"Well, I don't know, but I've got one hell of a hangover."
"So do I." He said, wincing.
"...And I don't have any clothes on."
"Neither do I."
"And I don't sleep naked."
"Neither do I."
Ricki winced. The reality of the situation came crashing down on her.
"What happened after the party last night?" He asked.
"You mean you don't know?!?" Ricki asked, looking at him with wide eyes.
"No....don't you?"
"I don't remember a thing!" SHe said.
"Neither do I!" Zac said back.
Zac was feeling panicked. Ricki was close to hysterical.
"Zac, oh my god. Do you know what this means?" She asked, standing up, being carefull to keep the sheet up around her.
"Um...." Zac ran his hand through his hair. "I've got a pretty good idea."
"Oh my god......shit shit shit." She said.
She closed her eyes and said a silent prayer. "Zac?" She asked calmly.
"Please tell me you....please tell me....you....used...something." She stuttered. She opened her eyes and looked at Zac, with his eyes wide.
"No." He said, shaking his head slowly.
"Oh my god." She said.
"You're sure? You didn't use......anything?"
"No." he repeated, his face bleak and pale. "I...I've never had any. I mean, I don't even have a few to use." He said.
She felt tears start to form in her eyes. How could I have been so stupid? I could have some weird disease, I could be pregnant...." She closed her eyes and sank back down on the bed. She wordlessly went into the bathroom and slammed the door.
She dropped the sheet and found a robe to pull on. She searched through the cabinet and finally found the asprin. She took it with a glass of water. She glanced at her reflection in the mirror. Her hair was messy and hanging in her eyes, her eyes were swollen, and her face was splotchy from crying.
I could be pregnant.... She thought. She closed the seat and sat down, putting her head in her hands.
She hadn't been there for five minutes when she heard a timid knock on the door.
"What?" She asked, her voice cracking.
Zac opened the door, poking his head in. She noticed he had put on boxers and a t-shirt.
"You okay?" He asked softly.
"No..." She said. "How do you think I am?"
"Sorry." He said. "I feel the same way."
"No, Zac, you don't." She said, starting to sob.
"Ricki, I-"
"Zac, I could be pregnant." She said. "I've never been so scared in my life, and I don't know what to do."
She looked up at Zac with eyes full of tears. She look on his motionless face told her he felt the same way. She lowered her head in her hands and started to cry.